Daily News Digest

A cabinet minister has commented in a television interview that, ‘if the science and the advice was wrong, I’m not surprised if people then think we made a wrong decision.’ This is a sign that the government has begun assigning blame to others for their own misjudgment, especially the scientists whom they chose to consult, and whose advice they chose to implement – Independent

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